TY - CHAP
T1 - Nutrition in the Context of Cancer Survivorship (Chapter 17)
AU - Hammer, Marilyn J.
AU - Barton-Burke, Margaret
AU - Eckardt, Patricia A
N1 - Cancer Survivorship: Interprofessional, Patient-Centered Approaches to the Seasons of Survival addresses many issues survivors may face at diagnosis, during treatment and recovery, throughout long-term survivorship, and at the end of life.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Archeological evidence reveals that cancer has affected the human species for at least two million years (Mukherjee, 2010). Historically, cancer occurrence was less frequent but had a high mortality rate. Although in a slight decline, the U.S. cancer incidence has increased substantially, particularly between 1975 and 1992, when the rates rose from 400 in 100,000 to more than 500 in 100,000 individuals (National Cancer Institute, 2018). Some factors associated with increased cancer detection are the result of progress in science and medicine, a longer life span, and prevention and survival of the diseases that were historically fatal. However, cancer survival is increasing, with the most recent data showing a five-year survival rate of 67.1% for all forms of cancer combined (Howlader et al., 2019).
AB - Archeological evidence reveals that cancer has affected the human species for at least two million years (Mukherjee, 2010). Historically, cancer occurrence was less frequent but had a high mortality rate. Although in a slight decline, the U.S. cancer incidence has increased substantially, particularly between 1975 and 1992, when the rates rose from 400 in 100,000 to more than 500 in 100,000 individuals (National Cancer Institute, 2018). Some factors associated with increased cancer detection are the result of progress in science and medicine, a longer life span, and prevention and survival of the diseases that were historically fatal. However, cancer survival is increasing, with the most recent data showing a five-year survival rate of 67.1% for all forms of cancer combined (Howlader et al., 2019).
UR - https://www.ons.org/books/cancer-survivorship-interprofessional-patient-centered-approaches-seasons-survival
M3 - Chapter
BT - Cancer Survivorship: Interprofessional, Patient-Centered Approaches to the Seasons of Survival
ER -